Cindy Crawford, the model who has made us dream since the 90s
Fabulous recap of the best fashion moments of the American model who turned 59, between fashion shows, videos, books and calendars, in the name of beauty.
Cindy Crawford, a cult model of the nineties, turns 59 . And after having reiterated that her daughter Kaia Gerber is the exact photocopy and worthy heir of a unique genetic heritage at the service of the fashion system, we thought it was right to retrace some of the looks and fashion moments that have studded the career of the American model especially in the decade that she herself helped make legendary, that of the nineties.
In 1987, Prince dedicated a piece to her in his legendary The Black Album , entitled Cindy C. In 1990, George Michael wanted her in the video for Freedom! '90 along with the other top models of the moment as an emblem of modernity and a change in their professional paradigm. Cindy Crawford, born in Illinois in 1966, was discovered by a local photographer when she was just sixteen years old while she was working in the summer trimming corn cobs and so, shot after shot, audition after casting, success was not long in coming and she abandoned her studies in chemical engineering to run to New York and make it big where fashion is serious. American designers wanted her, from that enchanting mole on her lip, to her flowing brown hair so little in line with the bright and blond American stereotype, Cindy Crawford became the face of beauty (Revlon) and fashion giants. From Ralph Lauren to Calvin Klein, from Donna Karan to Isaac Mizrahi.
Cindy Crawford, 90s commercials that left their mark
As in every career based on the image, the aura and beauty of Cindy Crawford's magical face passes from the glossy photos of magazines and catwalks to the hemisphere in motion, that is, to the increasingly aestheticising advertising field and, in those frenetic nineties, to the constant search for new idols on which to sew a new narrative of the products. Before L'Oréal shampoos arrived in Italy, Cindy Crawford shot a commercial for Pepsi, with which the fizzy drink rewrites the moment of ecstatic enjoyment of drinking by superimposing it on the contemplation of the beauty of the American model. Not only in the eyes of bored kids on the edge of a sunny provincial road, but also in those of the two elderly ladies passionate about stars and cinema. Click to believe.
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The return of the top models, from Cindy to Naomi, from Christy, Carla, Claudia and Helena
There is a before and an after the reunion of the top models of the nineties that took place during the Versace spring summer 2018 fashion show celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the death of the Calabrian designer, lover of neoclassical style and Magna Grecia. Donatella, together with her brother Gianni, was the promoter of the phenomenon of the Super Woman born in the last decade of the last century through the iconization of the models. From that moment on, the perception of beauty and perfection has made use of the very high parameters of these girls declined in the singular peculiarity of each of them. The mole on the side of Cindy's lip, Naomi's dark skin, Claudia's blondeness, the exoticism of the Nordic Helena, Christy's baby eyes. From that moment on, the nineties are told to the new generations also through the phenomenon of top models.
Invited by Virgil Ablo 's team to model for the Off-White winter 2022-23 collection (the designer died in November 2021), Cindy Crawford has shed new light on the careers of the super models of the nineties . Faces known not only among industry insiders but also to the general public who over time have learned to recognize them by even calling them by name. In 2023, in fact, Apple TV+ will release The Super Models, a four-part documentary celebrating a magical decade that saw the birth and consecrated the phenomenon of top models where, naturally, Cindy Crawford is one of the protagonists.
